Combined corset-clasp lock and stocking-supporter.



No. 679,559. Patented July 30, 190i. H. A. GUINZBUBG.

COMBINED CORSET CLASP LOCK AND STOCKING SUPPORTER.

(Applicltion filed Dec. 22, 1900.)

(No Model.)

INVENTOR WITNESSES:

WWRXL I ATTORNEY UNTTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. GUINZBURG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE I. B.

KLEINERT RUBBER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED CORSET-CLASP LOCK AND STOCKING-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,559, dated July so,1901.

Original application filed November 29, 1899, Serial No- 738,650.Divided and this application filed December 22,1900. Serial No. 40,721.(No model) To aZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. GUINZBURG, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York, county and State of New York, have inventedImprovements in a Combined Corset-Clasp Lock and Stocking-Supporter, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject of this invention comprises a hook ofpeculiar construction extending from a front member and adapted to bedetachably engaged with the fastener of a corset, said front memberbeing adapted to bear against the lower front part of the corset andsuitably formed for the connection thereto of a pair ofstocking-supporters. This device was shown and described in anapplication for Letters Patent filed by me November 29, 1899, underSerial No. 738,650, of which this present application is a division.

The essential feature of this invention lies in the formation of thehook or connecting part of the device, which hook comprises a cross-barconnected to the front member of the device through the medium of anupwardly-extending bent neck, the said crossbar being adapted to bepassed between the steels of a corset-fastener and to lie behind thesteels, transversely thereto, when in operative position, with the bentneck interposed between the corset-steels and resting upon one of theclasps of the corset-fastener, the front member, to which thestocking-supporters are attached, lying in front of and across the lowerfront parts of the steels or the two parts of the corset-fastener. Bythis construction the pair of stocking-supporters are readily andsecurely suspended from the fastener of a corset of ordinaryconstruction, and the clasp of the fastener to which this improvedcorset-clasp lock and stocking-supporter is attached will be securelylocked by reason of the interposition of the neck between thecorset-steels, which is of such a width as to prevent the steels movingtoward each other sufficiently for the loop of the clasp becomingdisengaged from its stud.

In the accompanying drawings, to which I will refer to more fullydescribe my invention, Figure 1 represents my combined corset-clasp lockand stocking-supporter applied in operative position to the lower claspof a corset-fastener. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, takenbetween the edges of the corset-steels; and Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof the device.

The metal plate CL of the front member may be made of any suitable formfor the attachment thereto of the elastics or tapes t' of a pair ofstocking-supporters, either directly or through the medium of aconnecting fabric. It is shown as having lateral extensions or ears d d,made narrow for the purpose of lightness and formed to be placed betweenor otherwise connected to the fabric pad or connecting-piece e of thefront member, to the lower part of which the elastics or tapes t' areattached.

From the upper central part of the plate a extends the neck I), which isbent rearwardly and joins the central part of the cross-bar c. Thiscross-bar lies in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of thefront member, the distance between the planes being about equal to thethickness of the fastener of a corset, so that when the device isapplied to a corset, as shown, the cross-bar 0 will lie against the rearside of the steels, transversely to the opening between the edges of thesteels h h, above the loop of the clasp, and the parts d cl of the plateCt will be in front of and extend over the lower parts of the steels 7tand 72' below the corset-clasp. Thus it occupies but little room andholds the two parts of the corset-fastener together. It is readilyapplied in effective position after the loop 1 is placed over the stud gof the clasp and as readily removed before the clasp is unfastened bybeing moved or swung around into about a right-angular position to bringthe bar 0 in line with the opening between the corsetsteels, throughwhich opening it may be readily passed. When in position on the corset,the bent upper part of the neck I) rests upon the top edge of the loopf, thus affording a single point of suspension for thestockingsupporters, and the neck I) in such position between the twocorset-steels holds the edges of the steels apart and so positivelyprevents the accidental disengagement of they clasp. The front membershown comprising the fabric pad 6 and parts d d of the metal plate bearswhen the device is applied to a corset upon or against the lower partsof the front fastener of the corset and so acts to press inwardly suchparts of the corset.

From the nature of this invention itis evident that changes in the formof the hook and modifications in themethod of attachment of thestocking-supporters to the plate a will come within-the scope of thisinvention.

I claim as my invention-- 1. A combined corset-clasp lock andstocking-supporter comprising a plate sustaining the suspended supporterelastics or tapes and having at its upper central part a cross-barconnected thereto by an offset neck, the neck being of such a thicknessas to prevent, when interposed between the corset-steels, their movementtoward each other and resting on one of the clasps of thecorset-fastener when in operative position, and the cross-bar lyingbehind the corset-steels and transversely to the opening between them.

2. A combined corse -clasp lock and garment-supporter,comprising a metalplate having the supporter-tapes connected to and depending below thebottom thereof and having a cross-bar connected to the plate by anofiset neck, the neck being of such thickness as to prevent, wheninterposed between the corset-steels, their movement toward each other,and the cross-bar when in effective position extending beneath thesteels and athwart the same, while the neck projecting between thesteels rests upon one of the clasps, substantially as set forth.

3. A combined corset-clasp lock and stocking-supporter, comprising amember adapted to bear upon the lower part of the front of the corset,supporter elastics or tapes depending from the bottom or lower partthereof, a rigid offset neck extending up centrally from the upper partof said member, and a crossbar rigidly attached to the offset neck, theneck being of such a thickness as to prevent, when interposed betweenthe corset-steels, their movement toward each other and resting on oneof the clasps of the corset-fastener when in operative position, and thecross-bar lying behind the corset-steels and transversely to the openingbetween them.

4:. A combined corset-clasp lock and stocking-supporter, comprising amember composed of a fabric pad and a metal plate socured thereto, saidplate having an oifset neck extending centrally above the upper part ofthe fabric pad and a cross-bar rigidly attached to the offset neck, anda pair of stocking-supporters connected to and depending from the bottomof the fabric pad, the neck being of such a thickness as to prevent,when interposed between the corset-steels, their movement toward eachother and resting on one of the clasps of the corset-fastener when inoperative position, and the crossbar lying behind the corset-steels andtransversely to the opening between them.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 21st day ofDecember,

HENRY A. GUINZBURG.

WVitnesses:

J. J. HANNAN, DANIEL NEWMAN.

